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Blog Post: Forensics: Audit Group Policy Links and Changes with PowerShell

Ashley McGlone

Honorary Scripting Guy I would like to thank Ed and Teresa Wilson, the Microsoft Scripting Guy and the Scripting Wife, for bestowing upon me the title of Honorary Scripting Guy . This was a humbling surprise. It has been a joy to share my scripting passion with the community, and I will continue to...

on 26 Jan 2015
Blog Post: Group Policy: Creating A Standard Local Admin Account

MVP Garth Gorling

Much has been covered thus far in the Group Policy series : How to create a new policy How to link a GP to an OU How to navigate the GP management GUI Additional remediation technics. This post will detail the setup of a group policy that will create a standard local admin account...

on 10 Dec 2014
Blog Post: Bitlocker PIN on Surface Pro 3 and Other Tablets

dgreg - MSFT

Hey guys, here’s Joao Botto again. You may already know that I spend most of my time helping customers be safe and productive with Windows 8.1. Some of you may also have seen my name associated with Device Deployment – specifically Surface Pro. So here ...read more

on 14 Jul 2014
Blog Post: Becoming an WPA Xpert Part 11: Troubleshooting Long Group Policy Processing

dgreg - MSFT

Hey Folks, Though I’ve blogged before here I have been a bit rude and never properly introduced myself. Hi, I am James Klepikow, a Senior Premier Field Engineer with Microsoft. Nice to meet all of you. One of the many issues we troubleshoot as Field Engineers ...read more

on 27 Oct 2014
Blog Post: Mailbag: Return of the Mailbag Returns

dgreg - MSFT

Hey y’all, Mark and Tom back here with the return of the mailbag returns. Give yourself 5 internet points if you get that Simpsons reference. Before today our mailbag posts were very random and we are trying to get on a more regular mailbag posting ...read more

on 31 Oct 2014
Blog Post: Group Policy: Creating a New Policy Linked Directly To Its OU

MVP Garth Gorling

In a previous post, Group Policy: Introducing Consistency Into Your Infrastructure , we covered some basic orientation in the Group Policy interface. We discussed the layout of Group Policy, some of the terms and locations and we covered a way of creating our first group policy. In this part of the intro...

on 19 Nov 2014
Blog Post: (Don’t) Set or Save Passwords Using Group Policy Preferences

Ash de Zylva

Group Policy Preferences provides immensely powerful ways to manage PCs and users and their settings. However, a dangerous situation exists with the manner in which Group Policy Preferences stores passwords that you save in GPOs. It’s really important that you read this post if you are: ...

on 10 Nov 2014
Blog Post: Group Policy: Introducing Consistency Into Your Infrastructure

MVP Garth Gorling

We all want things to run smoothly, yet day-to-day operations sometimes get the better of us. As IT professionals we want to bring consistency to our role which we know is very seldom the case. Proper utilization of Group Policy found in Windows Server 2012 R2 can enables further regularity. Setting...

on 5 Nov 2014
Blog Post: Mailbag: Return of the Mailbag Returns

Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT]

Hey y’all, Mark and Tom back here with the return of the mailbag returns. Give yourself 5 internet points if you get that Simpsons reference. Before today our mailbag posts were very random and we are trying to get on a more regular mailbag posting ...read more

on 31 Oct 2014
Blog Post: Mailbag: Return of the Mailbag Returns

Mark Morowczynski [MSFT]

Hey y’all, Mark and Tom back here with the return of the mailbag returns. Give yourself 5 internet points if you get that Simpsons reference. Before today our mailbag posts were very random and we are trying to get on a more regular mailbag posting schedule. The key word in that sentence would...

on 31 Oct 2014
Blog Post: Becoming an WPA Xpert Part 11: Troubleshooting Long Group Policy Processing

Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT]

Hey Folks, Though I’ve blogged before here I have been a bit rude and never properly introduced myself. Hi, I am James Klepikow, a Senior Premier Field Engineer with Microsoft. Nice to meet all of you. One of the many issues we troubleshoot as Field Engineers ...read more

on 27 Oct 2014
Blog Post: Becoming an WPA Xpert Part 11: Troubleshooting Long Group Policy Processing

Mark Morowczynski [MSFT]

Hey Folks, Though I’ve blogged before here I have been a bit rude and never properly introduced myself. Hi, I am James Klepikow, a Senior Premier Field Engineer with Microsoft. Nice to meet all of you. One of the many issues we troubleshoot as Field Engineers is slow boot up time. As you can see we are...

on 27 Oct 2014
Blog Post: ANNOUCEMENT: SCU is now available on Channel 9!

Matt Hester

I am excited to announce the partnership between SCU and Channel 9, allowing for all SCU content and the live SCU US event feed available via Channel 9. SCU 2015 US will take place 2/4/15 in Dallas, TX. This year’s event includes two live tracks, one of which will be featured on Channel 9 live...

on 23 Oct 2014
Blog Post: Interview on "Taste of Premier" about Security Guidance for Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2 and IE 11

Aaron Margosis

Aaron Margosis interviewed on Channel 9's Taste of Premier about Security Guidance for Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2 and IE 11: http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Taste-of-Premier/Taste-of-Premier-Security-Guidance-for-Windows-8-1-Windows-Server-2012-R2-and-IE-11

on 22 Oct 2014
Blog Post: More Windows Server 2008 Guides Available in TechNet Gallery

James McIllece

Last week saw publication of a blog post announcing the availability of the Windows Server 2008 Foundation Network Guide - and several Foundation Network Companion Guides (FNCGs) - in the TechNet Gallery. Today a couple of more guides are published, and I thought you might be interested, so here they...

on 26 Aug 2014
Blog Post: List of Group Policy related hotfixes post SP1 for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1

YongRhee[MSFT.]

Applies to: Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 W2K8 R2 Service Pack 1 W2K8 R2 SP1 Windows 7 Service Pack 1 Windows 7 SP1 Win7 Service Pack 1 Win7 SP1 Note: You should check http://support.microsoft.com for the latest version of the different files. Note 2: These...

on 16 Aug 2014
Blog Post: Security baselines for Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2 and Internet Explorer 11 – FINAL

Aaron Margosis

Microsoft has published its security guidance and baselines for Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2 and Internet Explorer 11. If you have been reluctant to evaluate or deploy these technologies in the absence of specific USGCB guidance, NIST essentially says, "Use the vendor's guidance."...

on 15 Aug 2014
Blog Post: Part 8 (Final): Managing Local Administrator Passwords

PlatformsPFE

This is Part 8 and the final part of a multi-part series on managing local admin passwords. In this part I will provide PWDViewer which is a XAML secure password viewer that will allow authorized users to securely retrieve the username and password stored in the password confidential attribute. In case...

on 12 Aug 2014
Blog Post: GPO Migration with PowerShell – Now including WMI filters

Ashley McGlone

TechMentor Redmond 2014 This week I am presenting a session on GPO migration at TechMentor Redmond 2014. This is an expanded version of the session I gave at the PowerShell Summit back in April. I received feedback in April that WMI filters must be supported before this would be considered a viable...

on 11 Aug 2014
Blog Post: Interview with a Wiki Ninja, TAT member, and Group Policy Expert, Alper YAZGAN!

Ed Price - MSFT

It's time for another interview with a Wiki Ninja! Today we're interviewing... ALPER YAZGAN , IT EXPERT And here's his Wiki User Page: Alper YAZGAN, Kıdemli Sistem Yöneticisi(tr-TR) He is a Turkish contributor and a member of TechNet Wiki's TAT - the Turkish...

on 4 Aug 2014
Blog Post: Windows 8.1 Store Apps Won’t Open (Or Close Immediately) when logged on as a domain user. Make it stop!

David Williams Dixon

“MAKE IT STOP!” was the subject of the e-mail I received yesterday from a customer who was incredibly frustrated with an issue on his new Windows 8.1 laptop. Have you ever seen this? You click on an app you got from the Windows 8.1 Store and it won’t open? You click on the app, but the app simply...

on 22 Jul 2014
Blog Post: Bitlocker PIN on Surface Pro 3 and Other Tablets

Kaushik Ainapure [MSFT]

Hey guys, here’s Joao Botto again. You may already know that I spend most of my time helping customers be safe and productive with Windows 8.1. Some of you may also have seen my name associated with Device Deployment – specifically Surface Pro. So here ...read more

on 14 Jul 2014
Blog Post: Bitlocker PIN on Surface Pro 3 and Other Tablets

Mark Morowczynski [MSFT]

Hey guys, here’s Joao Botto again. You may already know that I spend most of my time helping customers be safe and productive with Windows 8.1. Some of you may also have seen my name associated with Device Deployment – specifically Surface Pro. So here’s a post that discusses pre-boot recommendations...

on 14 Jul 2014
Blog Post: AGPM Quick Configuration Script

Thomas Bouchereau (PFE)

It’s been a while since I posted anything here, but I’m back and I have a few things to share. Today it’s about AGPM (Advanced Group Policy Management). I’m a not going to get into details on how AGPM works, there are plenty of other blogs about the subject. I regularly...

on 23 Jun 2014
Blog Post: IT Pro User Group meeting – June 10th – Deep dive into Group Policy, GPMC and AGPM

Morgan Webb

Group Policies are crucial for any Active Directory domain security. In this session, Paulo Viralhadas , a Microsoft Premier Field Engineer, will explore the details around Group Policy Objects (GPOs) and its management tools, including Advanced Group Policy Management (AGPM). AGPM is a GPMC plug...

on 4 Jun 2014